# List of songs recorded by K. L. Saigal

K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947) was an Indian playback singer and actor who acted but also sang in Hindi and Bengali films and was active from 1932 to 1947. He is cited as the first "superstar" of Indian Cinema with films like President, Devdas and Street Singer leaving an impact on Hindi film music. He sang a total of 185 songs which included film, non-film, ghazals, Hindi/Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil and Persian songs. However, only 170 songs still survive. Saigal was introduced to B. N. Sircar by R. C. Boral and Pankaj Mullick, who had met him at an impromptu evening singing session. Sircar cast Saigal in his debut role as the main lead in Mohabbat Ke Ansu (1932). The same year he acted in Zinda Lash (1932), and Subah Ka Sitara (1932), both films were produced by Sircar's New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta and directed by Premankur Atorthy.
Saigal's earliest recorded song is "Jhulana Jhulao Ri" in Dev Ghandharva Raga for Hindustan Records. In Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933) Saigal's singing of Ghalib's ghazal "Nuktacheen Hai Ghame Dil" composed by Pankaj Mullick in Raga Bhimpalasi, is considered a classic rendition. Chandidas (1934) was New Theatres first big success with the song "Prem Nagar Mein Banaoongi Ghar Main" becoming popular.
In 1935, Saigal acted in the Hindi version of P. C. Barua's Devdas (1935) in the title role. The film, with its songs "Baalam Aaye Baso Morey Man Mein" and "Dukh Ke Ab Din Beetat Nahin" sung by Saigal, is cited as a "milestone" in Indian cinema, and made Saigal, New Theatres first superstar. The song "Piye Ja Aur Piye Ja" from Pujarin (1936) was recorded without any rehearsal. Composed in Raga Khamaj with a mix of waltz and western orchestra, the song "enchanted listeners". "President" (1937), cited as Saigal's finest film had one of his "memorable" songs "Ik Bangla Bane Nyara". Songs like "Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Hi Jaaye" from Street Singer (1938), "Karun Kya Aas Niras Bhai" from Dushman (1939), "Soja Rajkumari Soja from Zindagi (1940), "Diya Jalao" from Tansen (1943), "Gham Diye Mustakil" from ShahJahan (1946), and bhajans like "Madhukar Shyam hamare chor", "Sar Par Kadamb Ki Chhaiyan" (Raag Bhairavi), "Maiya Mori Main Nahi Maakhan Khayo" from Bhakta Surdas (1942), cited as "unforgettable bhajans" affirmed him as "an immortal singer".

## Hindi Film Songs

He is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.
Key :
| † | Denotes films that have no record of K. L. Saigal songs |
| Film | Song | Composer | Lyricist | Director |
| Mohabbat Ke Ansu (1932) † | | R. C. Boral | | Premankur Atorthy |
| Zinda Lash (1932) † | | R. C. Boral | | Premankur Atorthy |
| Subah Ka Sitara (1932) † | | R. C. Boral | | Premankur Atorthy |
| Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933) | "Ye Tasarruf Allah Allah Tere Maikhane Mein Hai" | Pankaj Mullick | Agha Hashar Kashmiri | Premankur Atorthy |
| Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933) | "Lag Gayi Chot Karejwa Mein" | Pankaj Mullick | Agha Hashar Kashmiri | |
| Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933) | "Lakh Sahi Hain Pi Ki Batiyan" | Pankaj Mullick | Agha Hashar Kashmiri | |
| Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933) | "Nuktacheen Hai Ghame-Dil" | Pankaj Mullick | Mirza Ghalib | |
| Puran Bhagat (1933) | "Din Neeke Beete Jaate Hain" | R. C. Boral | | Debaki Bose |
| Puran Bhagat (1933) | "Avsar Beeto Jaat Praani" | R. C. Boral | | |
| Puran Bhagat (1933) | "Radhe Rani De Daaro Na Bansari Mori Re" | R. C. Boral | | |
| Puran Bhagat (1933) | "Bhaju Main To Bhaav Se Shiri Giridhari" | R. C. Boral | | |
| Rajrani Meera (1933) † | | R. C. Boral | | Debaki Bose |
| Dulari Bibi (1933) † | | R. C. Boral | | Debaki Bose |
| Chandidas (1934) | "Tadpat Beete Din Rain" | R. C. Boral | Agha Hashar Kashmiri | Nitin Bose |
| Chandidas (1934) | "Prem Ki Ho Jai Jai" (with Pahari Sanyal, Uma Shashi) | R. C. Boral | | |
| Chandidas (1934) | "Prem Ka Pujari" | R. C. Boral | | |
| Daku Mansoor (1934) † | | R. C. Boral | | Nitin Bose |
| Mohabbat Ki Kasauti (1934) † | | R. C. Boral | Bani Kumar | P. C. Barua |
| Karwan-E-Hayat (1934) | "Dil Se Teri Nigah" | R. C. Boral, Mihir Kiran Bhattacharya | Ahmad Shuja Pasha | Premankur Atorthy |
| Karwan-E-Hayat (1934) | "Hairat -E- Nazar Aakhir" | R. C. Boral, M. K. Bhattacharya | Ahmad Shuja Pasha | |
| Karwan-E-Hayat (1934) | "Koi Preet Ki Reet Bata De" with Pahari Sanyal | R. C. Boral, M. K. Bhattacharya | Ahmad Shuja Pasha | |
| Karwan-E-Hayat (1934) | "Shehron Mein Wo Baat Kahaan" | R. C. Boral, M. K. Bhattacharya | Ahmad Shuja Pasha | |
| Devdas (1935) | "Baalam Aaye Baso Morey Man Mein" | R. C. Boral | Kidar Sharma | P. C. Barua |
| Devdas (1935) | "Dukh Ke Ab Din Beetat Nahin" | R. C. Boral | Kidar Sharma | |
| Devdas (1935) | "Piya Bin Na Aawat Chain" | R. C. Boral | Kidar Sharma | |
| Pujarin (1936) | "Jo Beet Chuki So Beet Chuki" | Timir Baran | Kidar Sharma | Prafulla Roy |
| Pujarin (1936) | "Piye Ja Aur piye Ja Akbat Ki Baatein Jaane Koi Kya" | Timir Baran | Kidar Sharma | |
| Karodpati (1936) | "O Dilruba Kahaan Tak Zulm-O-Sitam Sahenge" (with Pahari Sanyal) | R. C. Boral, Pankaj Mullick | Kidar Sharma | Hemchander Chunder |
| Karodpati (1936) | "Jo Naukri Dila De B. A. Bananewale Bigdi Hui Bana De" with Sanyal | Boral, Mullick | Kidar Sharma | |
| Karodpati (1936) | "Jagat Mein Prem Hi Prem Bhara Hai" with Sanyal | Boral, Mullick | Kidar Sharma | |
| Karodpati (1936) | "Jagat Mein Prem Hi Prem Bhara Hai" | Boral, Mullick | Kidar Sharma | |
| Dushman (1939) | "Karoon Kya Aas Niraas Bhayi" | Pankaj Mullick | Arzu Lucknawi | Nitin Bose |
| Dushman (1939) | "Preet Mein Hai Jeevan Jokhum" | Pankaj Mullick | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Dushman (1939) | "Pyari Pyari Soorto" | Pankaj Mullick | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Dushman (1939) | "Sitam Thay Zulm Thay Aafat Thay" | Pankaj Mullick | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Zindagi (1940) | "Hey Diwana Hoon, Diwana Hoon" | Pankaj Mullick | Kidar Sharma | P. C. Barua |
| Zindagi (1940) | "Jeevan Asha Ye Hai Meri" | Pankaj Mullick | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Zindagi (1940) | "Main Kya Jaanu Kya Jaadu Hai" | Pankaj Mullick | Kidar Sharma | |
| Zindagi (1940) | "So Ja Rajkumari So Ja" | Pankaj Mullick | Kidar Sharma | |
| Lagan (1941) | "Kaise Katein Ratiyaan Balam" | R. C. Boral | Arzu Lucknawi | Nitin Bose |
| Lagan (1941) | "Kaahe Ko Raad Machayi" | R. C. Boral | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Lagan (1941) | "Koi Manushya Kitna Hi Bura Ho" | R. C. Boral | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Lagan (1941) | "Main Sote Bhaag Jaga Doonga" | R. C. Boral | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Lagan (1941) | "Ye Kaisa Anyaya Daata" | R. C. Boral | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Lagan (1941) | "Hatt Gayi Lo Kaari Ghata" | R. C. Boral | Arzu Lucknawi | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Madhukar Shyam Hamare Chor" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | Chaturbhuj Doshi |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Kadam Chale Aage, Mann Paachhe Bhaage" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Nisdin Barsat Nain Hamaare" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Nainheen Ko Raah Dikha Prabhu" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Manwa Krishna Naam Ratt Ga" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Rain Gayi Ab Huva Savera" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Maiya Mori Main Nahin Maakhan Khaayo" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Chandni Raat Aur Taare Khile Hon" (with Khursheed) | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Din Se Dugni Ho Jaayein Ratiyan" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Jis Jogi Ka Jog Liya" | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Bhakta Surdas (1942) | "Sar Pe Kadamb Ki Chhaiya" (with Rajkumari) | Gyan Dutt | D. N. Madhok | |
| Tansen (1943) | "Kaahe Gumaan Kare Ri Gori" | Khemchand Prakash | Pandit Indra | Jayant Desai |
| Tansen (1943) | "Baag Laga Doon Sajni" | Khemchand Prakash | Pandit Indra | |
| Tansen (1943) | "Sapt Suran Teen Graam Gaavo" | Khemchand Prakash | Pandit Indra | |
| Tansen (1943) | "Din Soona Deepak Bina" | Khemchand Prakash | Pandit Indra | |
| Tansen (1943) | "Bina Pankh Panchhi Hoon Main" | Khemchand Prakash | Pandit Indra | |
| Tansen (1943) | "More Baalapan Ke Sathi" | Khemchand Prakash | Pandit Indra | |
| Tansen (1943) | "Rumjhum Rumjhum Chaal Tihaari" | Khemchand Prakash | Pandit Indra | |
| Meri Bahen (My Sister) (1944) | "Chhupo Na Chhupo Na Pyari Sajaniya" | Pankaj Mullick | Pandit Bhushan | Hemchandra Chunder |
| Meri Bahen (My Sister) (1944) | "Do Naina Matware Tihare" | Pankaj Mullick | Pandit Bhushan | |
| Meri Bahen (My Sister) (1944) | "Ae Qaatib-E-Taqdeer Mujhe" | Pankaj Mullick | Pandit Bhushan | |
| Meri Bahen (My Sister) (1944) | "Haaye Kis But Ki Mohabbat Mein" | Pankaj Mullick | Pandit Bhushan | |
| Bhanwara (1944) | "Kya Hamne Bigada Hai" (with Amirbai Karnataki) | Khemchand Prakash | Kidar Sharma | Kidar Sharma |
| Bhanwara (1944) | "Diya Jisne Dil Lut Gaya Wo Bechara" | Khemchand Prakash | Kidar Sharma | |
| Bhanwara (1944) | "Ye Woh Jagah Hai Jahaan Ghar Lutaaye Jaate Hain" | Khemchand Prakash | Kidar Sharma | |
| Bhanwara (1944) | "Muskurate Huye Yun Aankh Churaya Na Karo" | Khemchand Prakash | Kidar Sharma | |
| Bhanwara (1944) | "Hum Apna Unhein Bana Na Sake" | Khemchand Prakash | Kidar Sharma | |
| Bhanwara (1944) | "Thukra Rahi Hai Duniya" | Khemchand Prakash | Kidar Sharma | |
| Kurukshetra (1945) | "Aayi Hai Tu Toh Kaise Dil Apna Dikhaun Main" | Ganpat Rao | Jameel Mazhari | Rameshwar Sharma |
| Kurukshetra (1945) | "Tu Aa Gayi, Dil Ki Tamanna Jaag Uthi" | Ganpat Rao | Jameel Mazhari | |
| Kurukshetra (1945) | "Kidhar Hai Tu Ae Meri Tamanna" | Ganpat Rao | Jameel Mazhari | |
| Kurukshetra (1945) | "Mohabbat Ke Gul Hain Haaye Tar Goondhta Hoon" | Ganpat Rao | Jameel Mazhari | |
| Tadbir (1945) | "Chaahe Tu Mita De" | Lal Mohammed | Swami Ramanand Saraswati | Jayant Desai |
| Tadbir (1945) | "Hasratein Khamosh Hain Aur Aah Batasir Hai" | Lal Mohammed | Swami Ramanand Saraswati | |
| Tadbir (1945) | "Main Qismat Ka Mara Bhagwan" | Lal Mohammed | Swami Ramanand Saraswati | |
| Tadbir (1945) | "Rani Khol De Apne Dwar" (with Suraiya) | Lal Mohammed | Swami Ramanand Saraswati | |
| Tadbir (1945) | "Main Panchhi Azad" | Lal Mohammed | Swami Ramanand Saraswati | |
| Tadbir (1945) | "Janam Janam Ka Dukhiya Prani" | Lal Mohammed | Swami Ramanand Saraswati | |
| Omar Khaiyyam (1946) | "Insaan, Kyun Rota Hai Insan" | Lal Mohammed | Safdar Aah Sitapuri | Mohan Sinha |
| Omar Khaiyyam (1946) | "Hare Bhare Bagh Ke Phoolon Pe Rija Khayyam" | Lal Mohammed | Safdar Aah Sitapuri | |
| Omar Khaiyyam (1946) | "Allah Hu Allah Hu" | Lal Mohammed | Safdar Aah Sitapuri | |
| Shahjehan (1946) | "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani" | Naushad | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Abdul Rashid Kardar |
| Shahjehan (1946) | "Kar Leejiye Chal Kar Meri Jannat Ke Nazare" | Naushad | Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| Shahjehan (1946) | "Ae Dil-e-Beqarar Jhoom" | Naushad | Khumar Barabankvi | |
| Shahjehan (1946) | "Chaah Barbad Karegi Hamein Maaloom Na Tha" | Naushad | Khumar Barabankvi | |
| Shahjehan (1946) | "Gham Diye Mustaqil" | Naushad | Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| Shahjehan (1946) | "Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya" | Naushad | Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| Parwana (1947) | "Us Mast Nazar Pe Padi Jo Nazar" | Khurshid Anwar | D. N. Madhok | J. K. Nanda |
| Parwana (1947) | "Mohabbat Mein Kabhi Aisi Bhi Haalat Pai Jaati Hai" | Khurshid Anwar | D. N. Madhok, Naqshab | |
| Parwana (1947) | "Ae Phool Hanske Bagh Mein" | Khurshid Anwar | D. N. Madhok | |
| Parwana (1947) | "Toot Gaye Sab Sapne Mere" | Khurshid Anwar | D. N. Madhok, Naqshab and Tanvir Naqvi | |
| Parwana (1947) | "Jine Ka Dhang Sikhaaye Ja" | Khurshid Anwar | D. N. Madhok | |

## Bengali Songs

| Film | Song | Composer | Lyricist | Director |
| Devdas (1935) | "Golap Hoye Uthuk Phutey" | Timir Baran, R. C. Boral, Pankaj Mullick | | P. C. Barua |
| Devdas (1935) | "Kaharey Je Joratey Chaye" | | | |
| Bijoya (1936) | "Mone-pabaner Dinga Baiya Bandhur Desey Ja" | | | |
| Didi (1937) | "Raajaar Kumaar Pakshiraaje" | R. C. Boral, Pankaj Mullick | Ajoy Bhattacharya | Nitin Bose |
| Didi (1937) | "Swapan Dekhi Probaal Dwipe" | R. C. Boral, Pankaj Mullick | Ajoy Bhattacharya | |
| Didi (1937) | "Prem Nahe More Mridu" | R. C. Boral, Pankaj Mullick | Ajoy Bhattacharya | |
| Didi (1937) | "Premer Pujaaye Eyito Labhili Phal" | R. C. Boral, Pankaj Mullick | Ajoy Bhattacharya | |
| Desher Mati (1938) | "Baandhinu Michhe Ghar Bhulero" | Pankaj Mullick | | Nitin Bose |
| Sathi | "Jhumar Jhumar Nupur Baaje" | R. C. Boral | Ajoy Bhattacharya | Phani Majumdar |
| Sathi | "Ae Gaan Tomaar Sheesh" | R. C. Boral | Ajoy Bhattacharya | |
| Jiban Maran | "Ami Tomay Jato Shuniyechhilem" | Pankaj Mullick | Rabindrasangeet | Nitin Bose |
| Jiban Maran | "Yi Peyechhi Anala Jaalaa Taare Shudhu Chai" | Pankaj Mullick | Ajoy Bhattacharya | |
| Jiban Maran | "Paakhi Aaj Kon Katha Koy Shunish Kirey" | Pankaj Mullick | Ajoy Bhattacharya | |
| Jiban Maran | "Shuni Daakey Morey" | Pankaj Mullick | Ajoy Bhattacharya | |
| Jiban Maran | "Tomar Binaye Gaan Chhilo Aar Aamar" | Pankaj Mullick | Rabindrasangeet | |
| Non-film | Jakhan Rabona Ami Din Holey Aboshan | | | |
| Non-film | "Ek Tuku Chhoa Laage" | | Rabindrasangeet | |

## Non-film Songs

| Type | Song | Lyricist |
| Ghazal | "Aah Ko Chaahiye Ik Umr Asar Hone Tak" | Ghalib |
| Ghazal | "Dil Se Teri Nigah Jigar Tak Utar Gayi" | Ghalib |
| Ghazal | "Ishq Mujhko Nahin Wahshat Hi Sahi" | Ghalib |
| Ghazal | "Har Ek Baat Pe Kehte Ho Tum Ke Tu Kya Hai" | Ghalib |
| Ghazal | "Ibne Mariyam Hua Kare Koi" | Ghalib |
| Ghazal | "Phir Mujhe Deeda-E-Tar Yaad Aaya" | Ghalib |
| Ghazal | "Woh Aa Ke Kwab Mein Taskin-E-Iztaraab Toh De" | Ghalib |
| Ghazal | "Shama Ka Jalna Hai Ya Sozshe-Parwana Hai" | Kidar Sharma |
| Ghazal | "Ab Kya Bataun Main Tere Milne Se Kya Mila" | Seemab Akbarabadi |
| Ghazal | "Ae Bekhabari Dil Ko Deewana Bana Dena" | Seemab Akbarabadi |
| Ghazal | "Baqadr-E-Shauq Iqrar-E-Wafa Kya" | Seemab Akbarabadi |
| Ghazal | "Duniya Mein Hoon Duniya Ka Talabgaar Nahin Hoon" | Seemab Akbarabadi |
| Ghazal | "Ishq Khud Maile-Hijaab Hai Aaj" | Seemab Akbarabadi |
| Ghazal | "Jaag Aur Dekh Zara Alam-E-Veeraan Mera" | Seemab Akbarabadi |
| Ghazal | "Jalvagaah-E-Dil Men Marate Hi Andhera Ho Gaya" | Seemab Akbarabadi |
| Ghazal | "Ghamza Paikan Hua Jaata Hai" | Bedam |
| Ghazal | "Layi Hayaat Aaye Qaza Le Chali Chale" | Zauq |
| Ghazal | "Apni Hasti Ka Asar Khushnamaya Ho Jaaye" | NA |
| Ghazal | "Bahut Uss Gali Ke Kiye Hain Re Phere" | NA |
| Ghazal | "Ghar Ye Tera Sada Na Mera Hai" | NA |
| Ghazal | "Idhar Phir Bhi Aana Udhar Jaane Waale" | NA |
| Ghazal | "Kaun Virane Mein Dekhega Bahar" | |
| Ghazal | "Rehmat Pe Teri Mere Gunahon Ko Naaz Hai" | NA |
| Ghazal | "Shukriya Hasti Ka Lekin Tumne Ye Kya Kar Diya" | NA |
| Ghazal | "Woh Aake Khwab Mein Taskeen-E-Iztiraab Toh De" | NA |
| Bhajan | "Suno Suno Hey Krishna Kala | |
| Bhajan | "Hari Bin Koi Kaam Na Aayo" | |
| Bhajan | "Kaun Bujhave Ram Tapat More Mann Ki Ho Rama" | |
| Bhajan | "Jin Jao Ri Gori Paniya Bharan" | |
| Bhajan | "Main Jo Dinan Ki Thhori" | |
| Bhajan | "Hori O Brajraj Dulare" | |
| Bhajan | "Radhe Rani Daro Na Bansuri Bole" | |
| Bhajan | "Main To Dinan Ki Chhori" | |
| Geet/Song | "Main Baithi Thi Phulwari Mein" | K. L. Saigal |
| Geet/Song | "Humjoliyon Ki Thi Toliyaan" | K. L. Saigal |
| Geet/Song | "Jhulna Jhulao" | |
| Geet/Song | "Kete Din Aur Kete Din" | |
| Geet/Song | "Panchhi Kaahe Hot Udas" | D. N. Madhok |
| Punjabi | Mahi Naal Je Akh Lad Di Kadi Na | |
| Punjabi | O Sohne Saqiya Meri Gali Vi Phera Paunda Ja | |
| Persian | "Mara Ba Ghamza" | |
| Persian | "Rangeen Tar Az Henhast" | |
| Tamil (film:Devdaasa 1936) | "Koodiye Paaduvai Komala Kiliye" | |
| Tamil (film:Devdaasa 1936) | "Madan Yevum Kanaiyal Maha Moham" | |